At the end of this course, the students; 1) have knowledge about the important events in political history and to be able to make comparison between these events. 2) Analyse current developments from a historical perspective 3) Examine political history from a theoretical perspective
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No recommended optional programme components.
COURSE DEFINITION
In this course, important developments that were experienced in political history during the period between the American War of Independence and the end of the Cold War will be covered. The local, regional and international conditions that resulted in the French Revolution, the effects of the revolution on other European countries, the wars caused by the revolution; the revolts occurred in Europe in the 19th century and their dynamics; the colonialism period; First World War; the problems caused by the Nazi Germany; Second World War; the emergence of the bipolar world order, the Korean War and Vietnam War; the Berlin Crisis and Cuban Crisis; the Detente Period, and the end of the bipolar world order after the collapse of the USSR are among the topics that will be covered in this course. During the course, a multi-disciplinary approach that considers political, economic and social factors of the developments in the world will be adopted, and both the domestic developments of the prominent countries of the period and the relations among the countries together with the general structure of the international politics will be discussed without disregarding the theoretical framework.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction
2nd Week
The Way towards the French Revolution. Political, economic and cultural conditions that paved the way for the revolution. Pre-Revolution Europe.
3rd Week
Events in France following the French Revolution, international reactions to the revolution.
4th Week
The Age of Napoleon and Napoleonic Wars.
5th Week
Nationalist movements in Europe. The Congress of Vienna,
6th Week
Industrial Revolution; Emerging ideologies in Europe.
7th Week
The Revolutions of 1848 in Europe.
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Unification of Italy and Germany
10th Week
Reforms in Russia. American Civil War. Developments in Asia
11th Week
Demographic and economic developments in Europe
12th Week
Era of Wilhelm II in Germany. Emergence of imperialism
13th Week
The World War I
14th Week
The Bolshevik Revolution
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
R. R. Palmer, Joel Colton, and Lloyd Kramer, A History of the Modern World, 10th Edition, Boston, McGraw-Hill, 2007. Taylor, A. J. P., The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848-1918, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. Hirschmann, E.Robert W.Strayer, R. B.Marks, The Making of the Modern World: 1500 to the Present, New York: St.Martin Press, 1989. Stone, Norman. Europe Transformed: 1878-1919, Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1999. Chambers, Mortimer. The Western Experience, Boston, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
